The Beating Heart is a Horde-only quest for level 40. It is step 7 of 8 in the Garrison Campaign storyline. It rewards 1,350 experience and money. Completing it counts toward 1 achievement.
One thing is certain. We now possess an item of great value to the Iron Horde.
We had better secure this... "Heart of Gorgorek" at once.
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I don't think that it's wise to put a wooden box that holds a precious artifact next to a blazing hot fire.
Completing this quest adds a large, locked chest to the center of your garrison by the fire. It doesn't do anything noticeable, but looks pretty cool.
Funny enough,
Spoiler
the heart actually got stolen by Azuka Bladefuryin this week's garrison campaign.
| Type | Reward | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Experience | XP | 1,350 |
| Money | Gold | 25g 47s |
| Turn-in map | Frostwall | |
|---|---|---|
| Objective area | Gorgrond | 1 mapped point |
Pins are the quest’s own POI points from the current retail client, projected onto the in-game zone map. The game marks one blob as the quest’s turn-in; the rest are objective areas. Points that fall outside a map’s window are dropped rather than guessed at.
Objective areaIn-game waypoint: /way #543 54.2 56.1
TheWoWDB/way #543 54.2 56.1Map coordinates of the pins above. An area the client draws as a shape is given by the centre of its points.
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Frostwall, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Horde flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Frostwall:
From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:
Straight-line distances in yards between the quest’s own map markers (QuestPOI) and the client’s flight-point positions (TaxiNodes); flight paths and terrain are not modelled.
Part 7 of 8.
Previous: Heating Up · Next: Bladefury's Orders
Storyline order is the client’s own QuestLine data from the current retail build.
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
Greetings, <name>. I have been conducting research on the steam geysers of Gorgrond for some time now. Cragplume Cauldron is one of the largest caldera in this region, but we have been unable to do a geographical survey due to the dangerous creatures in this area.
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
Lieutenant O'rok: Send an elite strike team to Cragplume Cauldron. Retrieve a high-value artifact from the crater and deliver it to my command post in northern Talador. With your remaining forces, go to Gorgorek's Fall. Protect and prepare the ancient magnaron specimen for retrieval.
This one: Horde only · Level 40.
Its criteria name 14 quests; others include:
Garrison Campaign has 8 steps, from Garrison Campaign: Crows In The Field to Bladefury's Orders.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Gorgrond (7), Frostwall (1).
Steps, storylines and map placement from the client’s QuestLine, prerequisite and QuestPOI data; neighbouring quest text is Blizzard’s own (quest API), shortened to its opening sentences.
Completing this quest counts toward this achievement.
2 quests carry the name The Beating Heart. They differ in the faction shown here.
| Quest | Faction | ID |
|---|---|---|
| The Beating Heart (this page) | Horde | 34341 |
| The Beating Heart | Alliance | 34410 |
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